Kathebine ag-nes casey



Nov. 11 1924,

' 1,514,830 K. A. CASEY GATE' ADJUSTER Filed June 54 1923 Patented Nov.11, 1924.

UNITED .STATES KATHERINE .AGNES CASEY, 0F LYNBROOK, NEW YORK.

GATE ADJUSTER.

Application filed June 5, 1929. Serial No. 643,573.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, KArnERiNE AGNES CASEY, citizen `of the United Statesoit America, and a resident ot' Lynbrook, in the township of llempstead,in the county et Nassau, State of New York, have invented an improvementin Gate Adjusters, of lwhich the following is a specification.

The invention relates to a novel, improved and e'icient combination ofmeans which regulates the ready opening and secure closing oi gates andsimilar mechanisms which permit oi :ingress and egress. The inventionconsists in the novel parts, construe tions, arrangements andcombinations embracing the improvements shown and described herein.Details of the invention and its application are hereinafter describedand illustrated in the accompanying drawings, `and it should beunderstood that in so describingr the principles thereo'f,1 do notthereby :intend to limit the saine other than as the same is detined bythe scope of the appended claim.

Inthe drawing: Fig. lvshows, in i'ull, the gate adjuster when the gateis closed and, dotted in, the O'ate adjuster when the gate is open.

Fig. 2 is a top view ot Fig. 1.

Figs. 3 and 4 show .the two connecting bars, Fig. 5 being a top view etFig. 3, and Fig. 6 a top view oi Fig. 4.

Fig. 7 is front view of the bracket arm; Fig. 8 a top view thereof.

Fig.' 9 shows the movable bracket arm and Fig. 10 top View thereof.

Fig. 11 shows the counterweight.

Figs. 12 and 13 are detail views oi the universal joint used incombination with the movable bracket arm.

The invention provides a simple mechanism which can be attached to largeor small gates. It is simple of adjustment, and once connected,practically permanent, and requires little or no attention. Themechanism can be attached to single or double gates, whether made ofiron, wood or other material, and obviates the necessity ot anyaccessory tastenings, such as catches or locks. When in use, it permitsot the easy opening and the secure shutting at all times,

as well as permitting ot the adjustment ot the point at which it willautomatically stay open.

1t is particularly advantageous for use in municipalities wherein it isprohibited to allow gates to project on to the sidewalks, as the outwardswinging of the gate by pressure ot the wind or other causes isimpossible where my adjuster is employed.

There is little or no increased pressure necessary to open the gate, asit swings through its orbit, whereas in the commonly employed springsthe snap-back pressure is increased the further the gate is swung open.

The bars 1 and 2 shown in the drawings are prei'erably goosenecked, forthe purposes hereinafter described, har 1 having a recessed portion 3 atits upper end into which projects extending flange 4 of bar 2, the twobars being connected by abolt or loose rivet 5, about which they are'free to move.

Permanently attached to bar 1 is the bracket or ring 6, or similardevice, so that the counterweight '7, shown in Fig. 11 may be securelyattached thereto. The lower portions oit the bars 1 and 2 have flangede2;-`

tending portions 8, which are attached to the couplings 9 and pinnedthereto by the bar or rivet 10 in a manner to permit freedom oitrotation about said pin. The coupling to which the lower portion of bar1 is attached is connected to the permanent bracket 11 by means oi' anut and bolt or other suitable mechanism 12, in such a manner that thecoupling is tree to rotate in a vertical plane. Bracket 11 is recessedat its portion 13 in any suiiicient degree so as to permit the furtherrotation of the coupling and the gooseneck bar 1 to the extent required,bracket 11 being permanently fastened to the post or the fence or othersuitable monument by means of its bracketed arm, and screwed or nailedthereto, as shown at 14.

The coupling, to which the flanged por tion o1 gooseneck bar 2 isattached, has a flange 15 which projects into the opening 16 in thebracket 17, shown in Figs. 9 and 10. The bracket 17 is secured by meansof nails, bolts or other suitable means 18, to the swinging gate 19, andthe coupling is free to rotate in a horizontal plane about the rivet orbolt 20, by which it is attached to said bracket.

In Fig. 18 it will he noticed that this coupling has a shoulder 21,which projects downward. In Fig. 4 it will be noticed that the flangedextension, the bottom part of gooseneck bar 2, has a shoulder 22 at itslowest poiftio", so that as the `-rgoon'eck barZ revolves vertieallyabout the rivet or stud 10, the shoulder portion 22 will come in Contactwith the shoulderQl, and this vpoint of ycontact can be arranged oradjusted by increasing or diminishing either the shoulder 22 or theshoulder 21, and that when these two shoulders come into contact, it isimpossible to further movethe bar in its vert-ical *or-bit, aid Lconseuently the gate i-s in a locked position, y the adjustment of thebracketl? on the gate 1'9, lthis locked position maybe made to result,when the gate ijs ftruly closed.

he counterweight 7 attached to the rivet 6 ytends at all times to swingthe gooseneck bar toward the gate in yits vertical orbit about th`e pin10 by yvvhieh it is attached to the coupling, unless the bar has beenraised "to such a position 'that it is in dead center, a's is sli'own inig. l. It will thus readily be'see'n that 'the gate when opened so 'tarcan iii-ove no further Tandjis then locked. This position of loel'ingthe gate, or in other words, holding i'tvopen, can b'e regulated byv'simple adjustment when lattaching the imprprved device to the gate. y

A jh'e coupli'ngs, in conjunction with the bars, comprise universaljoints, and thus permit of t e ready and easy attachment to all classesofgat'e's an'd the easy movement whe'n placed thereon. y

It `will be readily seen that with the bracket :il permanently securedto `the post, that when the shoulders and 2l are in mutualfconttaot, noifuither movement of the gooseii'ecked bars 1 and@ is possible, andconsequently the gate is securely locked in a sh'ut p'ositiomand thatwhen thecounterweight is in dead dente'r 'position no furtheri'novefi'ei'ity oft the gooseneoked bars is possible andthe gate issecurely held open at 'the position d'esii'ed.

It 'understood that the foregoing description oi 'my invention, whilstexplanatory, is not `restriotive Within lthe proper Held of' novelty'and equivalency of invention; and it should be understood thatdepartures niay be made from the exact structures and arrangementsherein shown and described without departing from the principles ot' theinvention, and without sacritioing its chief advantages, and I claim allthe changes and modifications which legitimately eoine within theprinciples of my invention and the scope ot the claim.

l claim:

A gate adjusting mechanism coinprisinfr two goose-necked bars pivotallyconnecte( at their upper ends, a shoulder downwardly projecting trom thelower end portion of one of said goose-necked bars, cou Jlings adaptedto be attached to the lower end portions of said bars and about whichthe goosenecked bars are each movable in a vertical plane, a projectingportion of one ot said couplings adapted to engage said projectingshoulder von the lower end oi one oi said bars at the point ot furthestthrow `ot the gate and thus lock the gate in its closed position,brackets to which said couplings are attached and about which thecouplings are tree 'to move in a horizontal plane, a recessed portion ofone of said brackets to Jermit 'ot' horizontal swing of the coupling`su'iicient to drop the elevation of the goosenecked bars so that theprojecting portion on `'the 'other coupling engages the aforesaidshoulder portion on the lower end of one of said goose-necked bars atthe point oi. furthest throw of 'the gate and a gravity actuated weightattached to one of said goose-necked ba'rs for the purpose ot' swinging'the said goose-necked bar in its vertical orbit toward the gate andcause the throw of the gate thereby, said goose-necked bars permittingoit backward swing to the dead center position of said gravity weightand being held there by said weight, thus looking the gute in its openposition.

ln testimony whereof, I have signed my naine to this specitcation this17th day of April, 1923.

KATHERNE AGNES CASEY.

